Caesar vs Pompey: The Battle That Ended 500 Years of Roman Republic

Caesar vs Pompey at Pharsalus 48 BC - how 22,000 men defeated 45,000. This video reveals Caesar's genius fourth-line tactic, the face-stabbing strategy that routed 7,000 cavalry, and why Pompey's arrogance destroyed the Roman Republic. 👉 Subscribe for deep military history analysis!
📌 The Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC was the decisive clash of the Roman Civil War where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey Magnus despite being outnumbered 2:1 in infantry and 7:1 in cavalry.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Two Armies, One Greek Plain
0:28 - Who Was Julius Caesar?
1:05 - Who Was Pompey Magnus?
1:52 - The First Triumvirate: Power Shared
2:25 - Julia's Death: The Bond Breaks
3:08 - The Senate's Ultimatum
3:45 - Crossing the Rubicon (49 BC)
4:30 - Pompey Flees to Greece
5:15 - Labienus: The Traitor Who Knew Everything
6:02 - Caesar's Disaster at Dyrrachium
6:48 - The Senators Demand Battle
7:25 - August 9, 48 BC: Pharsalus
8:10 - Pompey's Victory Tent (Already Decorated)
8:52 - The Battle Plan: 7,000 vs 1,000 Cavalry
9:35 - Caesar's Secret Fourth Line
10:18 - "Aim for Their Pretty Faces"
11:05 - The Battle Begins
11:48 - Labienus Leads the Cavalry Charge
12:32 - Caesar's Trap Springs
13:15 - 7,000 Cavalry Routed by 2,000 Infantry
14:02 - Pompey's Army Collapses
14:48 - Pompey Flees the Battlefield
15:25 - 24,000 Soldiers Surrender
16:08 - Caesar Walks Among the Dead
16:52 - Pompey's Flight to Egypt
17:38 - The Assassination on the Beach
18:25 - Caesar Weeps for Pompey
19:10 - Cleopatra Becomes Queen
19:55 - The Ides of March (44 BC)
20:42 - The Republic Dies, Empire Rises
21:28 - What Happened to Labienus?
22:12 - The Lesson: Strategy Beats Numbers
23:00 - The Die Was Cast, Victory Won at Pharsalus

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🏷️ About the Battle of Pharsalus:
The Battle of Pharsalus (August 9, 48 BC) was the decisive engagement of Caesar's Civil War. Julius Caesar faced Pompey the Great in central Greece with vastly inferior numbers. Caesar's innovative fourth-line tactic and psychological warfare against aristocratic cavalry proved military genius defeats numerical superiority. This Roman civil war battle marked the end of the Roman Republic and birth of the Roman Empire under Augustus.
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